May 13, 2010

The email was sent to a address that I have not used in years. I only receive spam at this address.

If it sounds to good to be true it is a scam. If you receive a email like this do not respond. Simply delete it.

This is the content of the email.

Date: 13th of May 2010.

Customer Service!

This mail is to remind you of your registered package. CONTENT: Bank Draft
of $688,000 USD officially registered by an Official of the United Nation.
The $688,000 USD is a donation to you from the U.N through e-mails
Balloting.

January 24, 2010

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If after completing the -free Diagnostic Test- it is brought to your attention that your computer’s registry does contain file “errors”, then it may be in your computer’s best interest to fix the potentially harmful file errors in your registry.

I don’t know for sure, but it is probably a spam email to download a Trojan on the PC of the unfortunate users who click on the links.

I do know the email was spam. The address it was went to only receives spam email.

I couldn’t find any information about this particular email, so I’m guessing it is new. However I did find a report of a similar email for a “Phishing Scam” in a NYU (New York University) security report from 2006. You can read about that at in the official NYU publication.

Never click on links in “Spam Email:. In fact don’t even click on links in email from institutions you trust, such as a bank or credit card company.

If you need to check out a site use your bookmarks.

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January 16, 2010

This is a copy of a email I received some time ago. Not sure why I did not publish it at the time. I receive email similar to this every week

This is a Scam!!!. They are trying to find out more information about you, or to confirm what little information they have. Additionally they hope you will send them $120.00. Unfortunately this type of scam works.

You can also contribute $10.00 through your cell phone provider. The $10.00 will go to the Red Cross and the amount will be added to your cell phone bill. To make a contribution through your cell phone provider text “Haiti” to 90999.

You don’t have to give a lot. These originations thrive on donations of $5.00, $10.00, $15.00 etc.

Give what you can. Make sure you give through a legitimate site.

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September 13, 2008

The email appears to be from the ICS Monitoring Team. The currant subject is “Your internet access is going to get suspended”. Basically the email says that you have been caught downloading illegal software, or music. (more…)

August 31, 2008

I just added a page that list over 400 user agents that many web masters block for one reason or another. Every user agent listed is not necessarily a bad user agent. Some are from from small legitimate SEs. I think the bulk are from scrappers, and email harvesters.

August 25, 2008

This is a ecard scam that is currently making the rounds by email. I’m sure most of us have received an alert from places like BlueMountain or HallMark telling us that someone had sent a ecard and the ecard could be viewed by clicking on a link in the email. If memeory serves me correctly that notice always gives the name of the person sending the ecard. (more…)